When It’s Tough to Calculate the Cost of An Internet Tax

After the Supreme Court said any state could charge internet taxes, the decision rippled across small, large, local, and remote businesses.

Why Prisoners Need Barista Skills

Echoing the rehabilitation emphasized by Norway’s prison system, barista skills are taught to some inmates at Rikers Island.

Why Taylor Swift Likes Slow Ticketing

Wondering why concert ticket prices have gone up during the past decade, we can look at Taylor Swift’s 2018 Reputation tour.

Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Market Bubbles to Product Flops

Weekly Roundup​​​​​​​​​​ Sunday 12.22.19 The return of the Eddie Murphy Rule… Monday 12.23.19 Why Santa should complain… Tuesday 12.24.19 Where speeders don’t pay their tickets… Wednesday 12.25.19 The gift giving debate… Thursday 12.26.19 #TBT: Why we worry about bubbles…  …

December e-links: One Doggy, Two Economists, Tom Hanks, and the Decade’s Anomalies

My final December e-link is a WSJ column that, looking back at the decade’s economic anomalies, tries to understand why they happened.

The People Who Loved Watermelon Flavored Oreos

Because more demand for new products could be a warning sign, retailers need to take a close look at who wants what they’ve just launched.

Throwback Thursday: From Dutch Tulips to New York Cupcakes

TBT: Looking at financial bubbles, we could see that stock markets, cupcakes, tulip bulbs, and real estate have a lot in common.

An Economist’s Gift Giving Dilemma

After an economist long ago told us that gift giving adds less to economic activity than the price of the present, a pro-gift giving group disagreed.

The Upside of Speeding Tickets

A city is getting a good return on its investment when speed cameras improve road safety and other services make residents’ life better.

What Santa Complains About

Whether looking at what Santa could be earning or a typical U.S. worker, wage growth is not as high as they would like it to be.